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PLVision, a leading open and disaggregated networking transformation company, is excited to take part in the SONiC Mini Summit on August 28, 2025, co-located with Open Source Summit Europe (August 25–27, 2025) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Connect with our experts to see how SONiC and PLVision’s proven solutions can streamline your networking operations, elevate performance, and accelerate your transition to open networking.
PLVision’s SONiC Mini Summit Sessions
Join PLVision in these sessions:
- Bridging Legacy MPLS with SONiC: Enabling SR-MPLS and SRv6 Integration by Leonid Khedyk, Chief Technical Officer, and Andriy Kokhan, Networking Solutions Architect, on August 28, at 09:35 CEST.
- vSONiC + MPLS: Evaluating MPLS to Segment Routing Migration by Taras Chornyi, Director of Open Networking Solutions and Strategy, and Andriy Kokhan, Networking Solutions Architect, at SONiC Booth Demos.
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) continues to underpin scalable, high‑performance networks, powering everything from L3VPN services to 5G xHaul and transport overlays. As operators embrace Segment Routing (SR‑MPLS and SRv6) for its operational simplicity and SDN‑style path control, a seamless migration away from static MPLS and legacy protocols like LDP becomes critical. Although SONiC now supports SRv6 and basic static MPLS, it lacks dynamic control‑plane protocols, limiting its applicability in traditional MPLS environments.
In this workshop, PLVision presents the outcomes of our proof‑of‑concept that closes this gap. We’ll:
– Review the current MPLS capabilities in SONiC and FRR
– Detail the necessary SAI and hardware extensions
– Demonstrate how to deploy SONiC within hybrid MPLS/SR networks
– Highlight the path to SDN‑enabled, flexible traffic engineering
- SONiC-on-Bare Metal: How Lightweight Can SONiC Be While Still Remaining SONiC? by Taras Chornyi, Director of Open Networking Solutions and Strategy, and Leonid Khedyk, Chief Technical Officer, on August 28, at 11:15 CEST.
As open networking extends beyond hyperscale data centers, demand is rising for SONiC in smaller, resource‑constrained environments – edge, campus, enterprise, and telco access networks, where a full‑scale SONiC deployment may be overkill. SONiC transcends containerization; it embodies modularity, openness, and consistent operations. In this session, we’ll explore SONiC’s foundational architecture and investigate how far we can streamline a bare‑metal SONiC installation without sacrificing its essence:
- The core components of SONiC: Debian, SAI, Redis, Docker, Switch State Service (SwSS), and more
- The defining attributes of the SONiC NOS
- Docker’s role in SONiC and the real‑world trade‑offs when you remove it
- Technical challenges and opportunities of running SONiC directly on hardware
- Compatibility factors and migration strategies for bare‑metal SONiC
Join us as we question long‑standing assumptions about SONiC’s architecture and tackle the practical considerations of adopting a bare-metal SONiC approach.
Want to discuss your open networking goals?
Schedule a meeting with the PLVision executive representatives at Open Source Summit Europe on August 25–28.
Why Choose PLVision for Open Networking?
PLVision is your trusted partner in networking software product development, offering a comprehensive suite of solutions:
- Custom product development based on open-source technologies, SONiC-based product development services for Telco use cases, and SwitchDev development.
- Open NOS enablement and customization for hardware, encompassing SONiC-DASH API implementation, porting Community SONiC to your hardware, offloading xPU/SmartNIC customization and support.
- Network infrastructure transition to open NOS, such as SONiC adoption for enterprise networks and generating Community SONiC hardened images for data centers.
- SONiC Lite, PLVision’s enterprise distribution of Community SONiC, designed for cost-effective management and access platforms. It’s ideal for less demanding networking equipment in data center, campus, and edge deployments.
Leveraging a collaborative approach, we understand your specific needs and tailor open networking solutions to help you achieve your business goals.
Want to learn more? Let’s discuss your open networking goals at Open Source Summit Europe 2025.
About PLVision
As a European leader in open, disaggregated technologies, PLVision delivers custom vendor-agnostic software networking solutions, giving you full control, lower costs, and future‑ready scalability. We offer complete solutions, from A to Z. No matter who you are – a startup or an enterprise – we will become your magic wand.
About Open Source Summit Europe
Open Source Summit is the premier event for open-source developers, technologists, and community leaders to collaborate, share information, solve problems, and gain knowledge, furthering innovation and ensuring a sustainable open-source ecosystem. It is the gathering place for open-source code and community contributors.